Air-brake-hose coupling.



No. 859,236. l i RATRRRRR JULY ARR?. o. MAIER R P. SANFORD. AIR BRAKE HOSE GOUPLINR,

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 30, 1906.

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UNITED STATES ATENT uric.,

CHARLES MAIER, OF NEWARK, AND FRANK SANFORD, OF vJERSEY CITY, i\`l l\\' JERSEY.

Q AIR-BRAICELHOSE CQUPLIN'G.

Application filed August 30, 1906. Serial No. 332,566.

specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 9, lO/

To allv whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, CHARLES MAIER and' FRANK Newark and Jersey Cit`y, of Essex and Hudson and vented-certain new and useful Improvements in Air- Brake-Hose Qou'plings e.nd we do hereby declare the following to he a. full,I vclear, and exact description of respectively, in the counties the invention, 'such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to and to letters oreference marked thereon, which form s. part of this specification. Our invention relates to improvements in couplings which are adapted to connect meeting ends of hose or pipe sections, and While our invention is applicable .to any meeting pipes or hose, Where a quick and air iight union is required, it is especially intended for use in connectionwith the short hose connecting the air pipes of meeting railway cars, and in connection with the usual air brake system. L In air brake systems it is customary to have a swinging hose section at the end of the main air pipe and beneath the car platform, which swinging section has a coupling at its end adapted to connect with a similar coupling on an opposed hose section. When the cars are uncoupled and separated, the operator has usually to turn a valve at the end of each pipe beneath the car before uncoupling the hose sections, and he has also to operate the valvc after uniting the couplings, in case the ca'rs are being coupled together. 'I "yl, The object of our invention is to obviate this didiculty and produce a simple form of coupling in which the valve is combined with the coupling piece, so that when the hose sections are pushed .together the valve .will be thereby automatically operated to open the connection between the two pipes, and further, to construct the device so that when uncoupled, the operator can grasp the valve handles 4by the same motion -he uses in uncoupling the hose sections, and will therebyy close the valves or cocks.

Our invention is further intended to make this structure of valve and coupling as simple as possible, to the cnd that it may be inexpensive, and that it will opand without getting out of order. Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters and figures of reference indicate corresponding partsin all the figures.

Figure 1 is a broken plan view of a complete coupling showing the two sections united. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same. Fig. 3 is a section on the linc 3 3 of Fig. 2, showing Que oi. the coupling sections in detail, and with the cock broken away in part, and Fig. 4 is a broken detail ofthe valve lever.

. In, general thc coupling sections arc of the same ap- United States,v residing at State of New Jersey, have iuthe accompanying drawings,l

- ator simply grasps the pearance and shape as the ordinary couplings for air brake systems, and each section comprises the body portion l0, having a shank 11 for connection with'the hose, the Hat face 12 Withthe opening therein to meet the corresponding part of the opposed section, the gasket 13 held in th'e face 12, the arnr 14 extending forward generally parallel with the body portion 19, the lips 15 and 16 on the protruding end portions of the body l0 and arm 14, and-the stop pins 15'. All

the above isisubstantially as in the usual couplingsv and is not claimed as a part of this invention. At the point between the shankll'and body portion 10 is a way 17 and traversing this is a tapering cock or valye 18 having openings 18il therethrough, and-this valve or cock has its larger end engaged by the portion 19' of the nut 20, while irom'the tapering end extends a stem 21 which is squared so as to fit snugly in the opening 2l of the bent hand lever 22.

The particular form of cock is Well adapted to the use intended., as it can be fitted with a ground joint and will bevery tight, while the holes 18a can be easily bored and afford' a sufficient passage for air'. We do not, however, limit our invention to this form of cock or valve, but claim any valve which will 'opcrate inthe manner herein set forth' The lever 22 is curved so that it can be tipped back lparallel with the shank 11 as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2, or it can be extended out at right angles to tbc body 10, as shown by full lines in the same figure. The hand-lever has an offset 23 and terminates in a striking plate or end 24, which lies in the path of thc lip '16 of an opposed coupling piece or section. 1t will bc seen, therefore, that when the cocks or valves 18 are closed, and the handles or levers 22 liens shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2, the act of bringing the two couplings together will cause the lips 1G to strike the ends or plates 24 and turn the position shown by full lines in the cocks and connecting the pipes beneath the car, while ifthe sections are to be uncoupled, the operliandles 22 and the coupling handles back to the position closing the cocks by the same motion, practically, that he uses in uncoupling the sections, and in any event, he is not obliged to operate any other cocks, as is usually the case.

It will be readily seen that the meeting parts and pieces 1li, and tips the first referred to, thereby the form of valve or cock might be changed so that the.

aboutl operation can be carried out, and we therefore do not limit our invention shown, though this, in ourI the purpose.

Having thus fully described our invention, we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, p

1. The combination with the coupling section of a train pipo. of a valve arranged thercln arid controlling th/s levers' or handles to the l Fig. 2, thereby opening' 10's'l to the precise construction opinion, is best suited for r 'opening therethrough, und n stem of the valve, said lever having one part extendinghnnd lever connected to the into the path of un opposed coupling section und ndupted to be'operated thereby und another pnrt projecting mnv ward -where it cnn be grasped.

A 2. A euupllng for u train pipe comprising n body por.

tion, a valve controlling the opening therethrough, n lmnd lever on theA stem of the valve having u striking pinto oxtending iniovthe pnth of nn opposed coupling section ivo be locked lthereby to open the vulve when the couplings are joined, the hand lever having :l part for ninnnnl uperntlon, and nrl'nnged to project transversely from ihe casing when the vnive is open.

3. A coupling Comprising n hmiy portion, n vulve` in von 

